Do you keep a secret ledger in your relationships? Who called last, who gave more, who owes whom? Keeping score doesn’t just shrink the love we give; it blocks the love God and others are pouring out to us.
Most of us learned our faith as a list of things to do, and quietly absorbed the idea that God’s love is earned. The Gospel turns that upside down. A reflection on receiving God’s love, justice, and mercy: Baptism, confession and the prodigal son, hesed, the Cross, and the overflow into mission.
This passage from Romans 7:14-25, though honest about our struggles, is ultimately a message of hope and victory through Christ. Let’s break it down and…
This passage from Matthew 25:31-40 offers a powerful call to action and a glimpse of the incredible reward that awaits those who follow Christ’s…
Once again he went out along the sea. All the crowd came to him and he taught them. As he passed by, he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customs…
Have mercy on me, God, in accord with your merciful love; in your abundant compassion blot out my transgressions. Thoroughly wash away my guilt; and from…
When Israel was a child I loved him, out of Egypt I called my son. The more I called them, the farther they went from me, sacrificing to the Baals and…
Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she stood…